%%
%% The LaTeX Companion, 3ed
%%
%% Example 5-6-2 on page I-417 in "addlines --- Adjusting whole double spreads".
%%
%% Copyright (C) 2022 Frank Mittelbach
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%% It may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions
%% of the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3c
%% of this license or (at your option) any later version.
%%
%% See https://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt for details.
%%

\documentclass{tlc3exa}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{page}{6}
\setlength\textwidth{138.60141pt}

  \setlength\textheight{86pt}
  \addtolength\footskip{-2pt}

  \tolerance=4000

  \pagestyle{origplain}
  \flushbottom

%StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage{lipsum,
            addlines}
\flushbottom
%StopShownPreambleCommands

\begin{document}
\twocolumn \raggedright
A) \lipsum[1][1]  \par
  \addline
B) \lipsum[1][2-3]\par
C) \lipsum[1][4-5]\par
D) \lipsum[2][1]  \par
E) \lipsum[3]
\end{document}
